Trent Brown
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i have a book
https://malarkeybooks.com/store/thewallsareclosinginonus
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My book is out today. It’s nothing short of a dream come true. I hope you’ll read it.
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Cliffs of Moher? I barely know her!
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Cowboy Jamboree
9 days ago
It's
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's birthday on the 27th, but she wants to give YOU the present! Share this post to be in the draw for a free copy of IN THE DESERT. Draw will be next Wednesday. If you can't wait & don't want to chance it, get yours:
www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/in-the-deser...
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In the Desert
IN THE DESERT a new novel from ​Barbara Byar ORDER HERE! (Bookshop, paperback) or ORDER HERE!  (Amazon, paperback and ebook available) or ORDER HERE! (Barnes & Noble, paperback) In the desert,...
https://www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/in-the-desert.html
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Sláinte maxxing
4 days ago
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What the book’s been up to on IG lately
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Suzy Eynon
10 days ago
Ok it's publication day for TERRESTRIAL! Grateful to Alan
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
and to anyone who's read or reviewed or posted about or looked at my book. Asterism has copies:
asterismbooks.com/product/terr...
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This rocked! Read the final third in one sitting this morning. The single sentence, and and and format becomes this beautiful way to move the story along. It’s gorgeous and gory and lovely Also — shoutout
@eveninghouse.bsky.social
for being the only bookstore on earth to have a copy pre-award
11 days ago
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I read most of this in one sitting last night and to say it touched my soul would be taking it too lightly.
13 days ago
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“This being Brown’s first novel it’s difficult to predict how much of an effect he’s going to have on the canon, but he’s off to a fairly good start.” New review of The Walls (in the mag that published my second story!):
www.godscrueljokelit.com/h-blanton-ru...
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Hugh Blanton - Running From Walls — God's Cruel Joke
https://www.godscrueljokelit.com/h-blanton-running-from-walls
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John Chrostek
16 days ago
Boxcutters, my story collection with the wonderful indie press
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
came out on my birthday, so it’s also my bookiversary Grab it from the Malarkey shop & pair it with something like
@suzyeynon.bsky.social
’s or
@joshuatrentbrown.com
’s book
malarkeybooks.com/store/boxcut...
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Boxcutters, stories by John Chrostek — Malarkey
One Amazon delivery stolen from a neighbor’s porch leads to plenty more. To keep the show going, a balding sitcom actress tries out a new wig and discovers a hunger for life. Jesus Christ claims the o...
https://malarkeybooks.com/store/boxcutters
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Spencer Fleury
17 days ago
If you’ve read the book, this review is actually very believable.
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John Chrostek
17 days ago
You love to see it
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A legit unbelievable review of my book just dropped
17 days ago
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Feeling real grateful this morning, folks
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20 days ago
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21 days ago
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:)
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21 days ago
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Wrote 1200 words of book 2 at lunch today. That hasn’t happened in two years. Let’s have a day.
21 days ago
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Washington Independent Review of Books
21 days ago
Join Kramers in DC tonight at 7 p.m. for "A Night of Malarkey!" It's our Spotlight Event!
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-n...
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
@joshuatrentbrown.com
@joeyhedger.bsky.social
@austinross.bsky.social
#booksky
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A Night of Malarkey! | Washington Independent Review of Books
The Independent is an important voice in the community of readers and writers dedicated to book reviews and writing about the world of books.
https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/a-night-of-malarkey
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Joey Hedger
21 days ago
Come to the reading to save me from Trent. He said he's also gonna give me a swirly if not enough people show up.
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If enough people come to this tonight, I’ll put Joey in a headlock during my entire reading!
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21 days ago
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Joey Hedger
22 days ago
Tonight!
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This is TONIGHT, DC peeps!
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21 days ago
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Bookstagram review of The Walls up this morning. It’s cool, to say the least, to see people talk fondly about George.
22 days ago
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The Historical Novel Society selected my book as an Editor’s Choice 🙂 “I’m glad I got to know George, even if only a little. Highly recommended.” Review here:
historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...
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The Walls Are Closing In On Us - Historical Novel Society
George is a young half-Choctaw man trapped within walls he doesn’t even know exist. He cannot escape them any more than he can escape his skin. He tries, though—traveling from a reservation in his nat...
https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-walls-are-closing-in-on-us/
28 days ago
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Every chain Americana restaurant (Red Robin, chilis) is designed to make finding the bathroom an impossible task
23 days ago
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I would just like to say that I have tried to find a copy of Angel Down in probably 15 straight bookstores, to no avail
25 days ago
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Y’all like t shirts
26 days ago
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Malarkey
27 days ago
You should read this book. It’s available from all the usual suspects but we are down to 24 copies of the first edition, with Asterism being the only place to get them:
asterismbooks.com/product/the-...
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It even came with a cool banner
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28 days ago
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Spencer Fleury
28 days ago
Well deserved! This is such a good book. I insist that you read it.
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It even came with a cool banner
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28 days ago
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The Historical Novel Society selected my book as an Editor’s Choice 🙂 “I’m glad I got to know George, even if only a little. Highly recommended.” Review here:
historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-...
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The Walls Are Closing In On Us - Historical Novel Society
George is a young half-Choctaw man trapped within walls he doesn’t even know exist. He cannot escape them any more than he can escape his skin. He tries, though—traveling from a reservation in his nat...
https://historicalnovelsociety.org/reviews/the-walls-are-closing-in-on-us/
28 days ago
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Noah Kahan makes me depressed (complimentary)
29 days ago
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Malarkey
about 1 month ago
Here’s a good deal: $13 gets you a bookstore return of your choice (12!titles to choose from) plus TWO free poetry zines (until we run out of Sick Sad Queer):
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
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Pointing someone to this if they ask about my book’s spice level
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29 days ago
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minor literature[s]
30 days ago
"Nehemiah’s mother was a short lady, wearing the fat of the rich along with all the jewelry too ..." The Walls Are Closing In On Us —
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@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
minorliteratures.com/2026/04/30/t...
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The Walls Are Closing In On Us — Joshua Trent Brown
Nehemiah’s mother was a short lady, wearing the fat of the rich along with all the jewelry too. She had long, blonde hair though and in her face was the remnant of a woman who George guessed must h…
https://minorliteratures.com/2026/04/30/the-walls-are-closing-in-on-us-joshua-trent-brown/
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Extract from my book in minor lits today 🙂
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30 days ago
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LJ Pemberton
about 1 month ago
may i direct you to
malarkeybooks.com/store/returns
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Fun things lately: Honey on buttered toast The big chunk of bread Panera gives you with your meal
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New review just dropped 🙂
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Four years ago today.
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Indie Bookstore Day was very cool. The Walls sold out of its first printing. Daughters Coffee & Books was packed (only been open for a year!). People were buying all sorts of books!! Even my little historical / lit fic thing. Enough doomerism! Life rocks!
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👀👀👀
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about 1 month ago
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TEN (10) COPIES SOLD
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about 1 month ago
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Suzy Eynon
about 1 month ago
Just finished the expansive and excellent book The Walls Are Closing In On Us by
@joshuatrentbrown.com
from
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
. Trent really showed how George straddled two worlds. I loved the part that gave the book its title.
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Yall mind if I sell some books?
about 1 month ago
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Jonathan Danielson
about 1 month ago
Hell yes!
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My book is having one hell of a morning.
about 1 month ago
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Hey! DC people! Lovers of all things
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
! Reminder to come see me,
@joeyhedger.bsky.social
,
@austinross.bsky.social
, and Benjamin Warner at Kramers on May 8 for A Night of Malarkey!
about 1 month ago
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More put together thoughts coming but: Pretty Joey Ross (zoom in on that kindle) is a beautiful and meticulously detailed story -- I think even better than
@patricknevins.bsky.social
last novel (which I loved). In 2027, some of y'all are going to be real jealous that I got to read this before you!
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about 1 month ago
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Some Instagram (early on in the book) reviews 🙂
about 1 month ago
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